Mediaeval Sinhalese Art c23.16

c23.16

The *Aṅgalmaḍuva* and *Hūrikaḍuva* process differs from that above described in that the lac is applied to the wood while revolving on a turning lathe, the heat of friction softening the lac and causing it to adhere. This process is more limited, being only applicable to objects which can be turned on a lathe, and it does not admit of the delicate pattern work of the finger-nail process. In fact, the ornamentation can only consist of concentric bands of colour applied to the different parts of small, usually ricketty, tables, chairs, tom-tom frames, and walking sticks. The old Kandyan lac-striped round boxes (*abharaṇa heppu*), bed legs (*ẹnda kakul*), betel stands, &c., were handsome and substantial.